See also: Peso, pesó, pesò, and pêso

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Spanish peso.

PronunciationEdit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpeɪsəʊ/
  • (PH) IPA(key): /ˈpɛsoʊ/, [ˈpɛso]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: (UK) -eɪsəʊ, (PH) -ɛsoʊ

NounEdit

peso (plural pesos)

  1. (historical) A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar.
  2. The circulating currency of various Spanish-speaking American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Uruguay) and the Philippines.

SynonymsEdit

Related termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

AnagramsEdit

CatalanEdit

VerbEdit

peso

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of pesar

CzechEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Spanish peso.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

peso n

  1. peso (any of multiple currencies)

DeclensionEdit

Further readingEdit

  • peso in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • peso in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • peso in Internetová jazyková příručka

Eastern Huasteca NahuatlEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Spanish peso.

NounEdit

peso

  1. (mexican) peso

EsperantoEdit

 
Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia eo

EtymologyEdit

From Spanish peso.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpeso]
  • Rhymes: -eso
  • Hyphenation: pe‧so

NounEdit

peso (accusative singular peson, plural pesoj, accusative plural pesojn)

  1. (numismatics) peso

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Spanish peso.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeso/, [ˈpe̞s̠o̞]
  • Rhymes: -eso
  • Syllabification(key): pe‧so

NounEdit

peso

  1. peso (currency; coin or note of one peso)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of peso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative peso pesot
genitive peson pesojen
partitive pesoa pesoja
illative pesoon pesoihin
singular plural
nominative peso pesot
accusative nom. peso pesot
gen. peson
genitive peson pesojen
partitive pesoa pesoja
inessive pesossa pesoissa
elative pesosta pesoista
illative pesoon pesoihin
adessive pesolla pesoilla
ablative pesolta pesoilta
allative pesolle pesoille
essive pesona pesoina
translative pesoksi pesoiksi
instructive pesoin
abessive pesotta pesoitta
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of peso (type valo)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pesoni pesoni
accusative nom. pesoni pesoni
gen. pesoni
genitive pesoni pesojeni
partitive pesoani pesojani
inessive pesossani pesoissani
elative pesostani pesoistani
illative pesooni pesoihini
adessive pesollani pesoillani
ablative pesoltani pesoiltani
allative pesolleni pesoilleni
essive pesonani pesoinani
translative pesokseni pesoikseni
instructive
abessive pesottani pesoittani
comitative pesoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pesosi pesosi
accusative nom. pesosi pesosi
gen. pesosi
genitive pesosi pesojesi
partitive pesoasi pesojasi
inessive pesossasi pesoissasi
elative pesostasi pesoistasi
illative pesoosi pesoihisi
adessive pesollasi pesoillasi
ablative pesoltasi pesoiltasi
allative pesollesi pesoillesi
essive pesonasi pesoinasi
translative pesoksesi pesoiksesi
instructive
abessive pesottasi pesoittasi
comitative pesoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pesomme pesomme
accusative nom. pesomme pesomme
gen. pesomme
genitive pesomme pesojemme
partitive pesoamme pesojamme
inessive pesossamme pesoissamme
elative pesostamme pesoistamme
illative pesoomme pesoihimme
adessive pesollamme pesoillamme
ablative pesoltamme pesoiltamme
allative pesollemme pesoillemme
essive pesonamme pesoinamme
translative pesoksemme pesoiksemme
instructive
abessive pesottamme pesoittamme
comitative pesoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pesonne pesonne
accusative nom. pesonne pesonne
gen. pesonne
genitive pesonne pesojenne
partitive pesoanne pesojanne
inessive pesossanne pesoissanne
elative pesostanne pesoistanne
illative pesoonne pesoihinne
adessive pesollanne pesoillanne
ablative pesoltanne pesoiltanne
allative pesollenne pesoillenne
essive pesonanne pesoinanne
translative pesoksenne pesoiksenne
instructive
abessive pesottanne pesoittanne
comitative pesoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative pesonsa pesonsa
accusative nom. pesonsa pesonsa
gen. pesonsa
genitive pesonsa pesojensa
partitive pesoaan
pesoansa
pesojaan
pesojansa
inessive pesossaan
pesossansa
pesoissaan
pesoissansa
elative pesostaan
pesostansa
pesoistaan
pesoistansa
illative pesoonsa pesoihinsa
adessive pesollaan
pesollansa
pesoillaan
pesoillansa
ablative pesoltaan
pesoltansa
pesoiltaan
pesoiltansa
allative pesolleen
pesollensa
pesoilleen
pesoillensa
essive pesonaan
pesonansa
pesoinaan
pesoinansa
translative pesokseen
pesoksensa
pesoikseen
pesoiksensa
instructive
abessive pesottaan
pesottansa
pesoittaan
pesoittansa
comitative pesoineen
pesoinensa

AnagramsEdit

FrenchEdit

NounEdit

peso m (plural pesos)

  1. peso

Further readingEdit

GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Galician-Portuguese peso, from Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum.

NounEdit

peso m (plural pesos)

  1. weight
  2. peso (unit of currency)

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

ItalianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpe.zo/, (traditional) /ˈpe.so/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ezo, (traditional) -eso
  • Hyphenation: pé‧so

NounEdit

peso m (plural pesi)

  1. weight
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Deverbal from pesare +‎ -o.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpe.zo/, (traditional) /ˈpe.so/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ezo, (traditional) -eso
  • Hyphenation: pé‧so

AdjectiveEdit

peso (feminine pesa, masculine plural pesi, feminine plural pese)

  1. (informal, Tuscan) heavy
  2. (informal, Tuscan, figurative) oppressive

Etymology 3Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpe.zo/, (traditional) /ˈpe.so/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ezo, (traditional) -eso
  • Hyphenation: pé‧so

VerbEdit

peso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pesare

Etymology 4Edit

Borrowed from Spanish peso.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

peso m (plural pesos)

  1. peso

ReferencesEdit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 peso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

AnagramsEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

EtymologyEdit

From Latin pensum, via English peso and Spanish peso.

NounEdit

peso m (definite singular pesoen, indefinite plural peso or pesos, definite plural pesoene)

  1. a peso (currency unit of several Latin American countries, as well as the Philippines)

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin pensum, via English peso and Spanish peso.

NounEdit

peso m (definite singular pesoen, indefinite plural peso or pesos, definite plural pesoane)

  1. a peso (currency unit, as above)

ReferencesEdit

Old SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum, from pendō (I weigh).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

peso m (plural pesos)

  1. weight
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, page 53r.:
      Et a tal uertud que ſi la poné ſobre mill peſos de pez faz los feruir por ſu ṕṕdat bié como si estudieſſen a fuego.
      And its virtue it such that if it is put over a thousand weights of pitch it lights them due to its property, as if they were on fire.
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, page 79r.:
      La ſegunda es q́ ſi beuiere oḿe della peſo duna dragma purga melanconia temprada miente ¬ bien.
      The second is that if one were to drink of it the weight of one drachma, it purges black bile soon and well.

SynonymsEdit

Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Spanish: peso

PolishEdit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Spanish peso, from Old Spanish peso, from Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum, from pendō.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

peso n (indeclinable)

  1. peso (designation for specific currency)

Further readingEdit

  • peso in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • peso in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese peso, from Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum, from the verb penso (to weigh).

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: pe‧so

NounEdit

peso m (plural pesos)

  1. weight (force on an object due to the gravitational attraction)
  2. heaviness (the condition of being heavy)
  3. weight (object used for its heaviness)
    1. (weightlifting) weight (heavy object lifted for strength training)
    2. (athletics) shot (heavy ball thrown in shot put)
  4. (figurative) weight (importance or influence)
  5. (figurative) emotional pressure
  6. (sports) weight class (subdivision of a competition based on the competitors’ weight)
  7. (mathematics) weight (value that multiplies a variable)
  8. (typography) weight; boldness (thickness of a character’s strokes)
QuotationsEdit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:peso.

SynonymsEdit
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: pe‧so

VerbEdit

peso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pesar

Etymology 3Edit

Borrowed from Spanish peso.

PronunciationEdit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpe.zu/, /ˈpe.su/, /ˈpe.so/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpe.zo/, /ˈpe.so/

NounEdit

peso m (plural pesos)

  1. peso (currency unit of Argentina, Chile, Mexico and the Philippines)

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Spanish peso.

NounEdit

peso m (plural peso)

  1. peso

DeclensionEdit

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeso/ [ˈpe.so]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eso
  • Syllabification: pe‧so

Etymology 1Edit

Inherited from Old Spanish peso, from Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum, from pendō (to weigh). Doublet of the semi-learned pienso.

NounEdit

peso m (plural pesos)

  1. (physics) weight (the force on an object due to gravitational attraction)
  2. weight (a block of metal used in a balance)
  3. weight class
  4. peso (unit of currency)
  5. weight (importance or influence)
  6. weight, burden, load, brunt (pressure)
  7. scales, scale (device used to measure weight)
    Synonyms: báscula, balanza
HyponymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

peso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pesar

Further readingEdit

TagalogEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: pe‧so
  • IPA(key): /ˈpeso/, [ˈpɛ.so]

NounEdit

peso (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐᜓ)

  1. Alternative form of piso